Session Six: The Return of the Old Ones...?
[2024/04/09 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus) was invited to the conversation.
[2024/04/09 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: MidnightMinion Cyberstar was invited to the conversation.
[2024/04/09 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: all here?
[2024/04/09 16:05] Alicia Frakture: /me nods
[2024/04/09 16:08] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): Hi :)
[2024/04/09 16:08] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: :)
[2024/04/09 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me cracks open NC and notes
[2024/04/09 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: think we were heading to the docks?
[2024/04/09 16:10] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: the docks....
[2024/04/09 16:10] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: what did we want at the docks....?
[2024/04/09 16:10] Alicia Frakture: I dont remember
[2024/04/09 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that brief reminder out of the way... Ggggggggrrreeeeeeettttings Adventurers, other players get combat on land like the land lubbers they are, the scurvy dogs, while ye get to listen to tale tales from drunken mariners, aye mateys?
[2024/04/09 16:11] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: I would ask about sober mariners, but they aren't likely to spend their time in port that way
[2024/04/09 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: As I recall it you were looking for black powder. The alchemist you say suggested you try the Urbish Mining Company for blasting powder.
[2024/04/09 16:11] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ooooh yeah
[2024/04/09 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably spend too much time with port.
[2024/04/09 16:12] Alicia Frakture: Be interesting to see if that damned ship is still there
[2024/04/09 16:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: <.<
[2024/04/09 16:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: >.>
[2024/04/09 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... I take it you're heading to the docks?
[2024/04/09 16:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: apparently> the mining company is around there?
[2024/04/09 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: So you've been told
[2024/04/09 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, Dina?
[2024/04/09 16:15] Alicia Frakture: oh yeah the powder for the thing
[2024/04/09 16:16] Alicia Frakture: Mecha is following Debben
[2024/04/09 16:16] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): follows close, still enjoying the honey
[2024/04/09 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: pretty sure you finished the honey by now!
[2024/04/09 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... at the docks... it's the usual madhouse of carts, people, shouts and the (un)loading of cargoes
[2024/04/09 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben gets to roll a d20 for no apparant reason
[2024/04/09 16:17] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: more people trying to stab us?
[2024/04/09 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: People bump and jostle against you as you try to pass.
[2024/04/09 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not as far as you can tell.
[2024/04/09 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh, you get a second roll of the D20 - as does Mecha
[2024/04/09 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me cues some hopefully inspirational music
[2024/04/09 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Both of you notice something strange on a notice board, parchments with pictures of you!
[2024/04/09 16:21] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to walk over and look at it.
[2024/04/09 16:21] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Ah crud," she mutters under her breath, heading over to see as well.
[2024/04/09 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha sees a plain notice... a drawing of her face, a line reading WANTED and under that "Dead or Alive" and under THAT.... "250gp reward"
[2024/04/09 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben sees a similar one for herself. Looks like the bounty just went up...
[2024/04/09 16:22] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: What buildings are these posted on?
[2024/04/09 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Posted on a large wooden board with similiar posters, adverts, lost and founds...
[2024/04/09 16:23] Alicia Frakture: Does it say who to report it to?
[2024/04/09 16:23] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: we the only bounties?
[2024/04/09 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's the odd thing... these lack a royal stamp, and make no mention of who or where to collect the bounty.
[2024/04/09 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a few others, but you only really noticed yours. Not often you see likenesses of yourself.
[2024/04/09 16:26] Alicia Frakture: Leesha facepalms and shakes her head before yanking it from the board and stepping away
[2024/04/09 16:26] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: She adjusts the hood over her head to be more covering, and grumps to herself about the catch-22 of it being impossible to safely report an illegally posted bounty on yourself.
[2024/04/09 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: No one really seems to be paying attention, at least.
[2024/04/09 16:28] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me whispers to her companions, "who would put bounties up like that ?"
[2024/04/09 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Miscreants. These are clearly unofficial."
[2024/04/09 16:28] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Someone who has either put not enough thought or way too much thought into how someone is expected to collect the prize money," she adds.
[2024/04/09 16:29] Alicia Frakture: Leesha looks to Debben "Weren't we told about this, at least a little bit?"
[2024/04/09 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Or... you need to be a miscreant..."
[2024/04/09 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana nods at Leeshas' words. "Aye, Mr Wellmeat mentioned some death cult has a price on your heads."
[2024/04/09 16:30] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Hmmmm, maybe -you- could report them. Though someone had to put them up in the first place..." She comments. "You mean by the first wave of novices who came after us? We got at least one of there's writing..."
[2024/04/09 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Maybe best to get our tasks done and be out of the public eye soon as we can."
[2024/04/09 16:33] Alicia Frakture: Agreed
[2024/04/09 16:33] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "yeah. Where's that mining company?" At this rate, even a clay pot of blasting powder would be helpful.
[2024/04/09 16:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: The Urbish Mining Company office is located a street away from the docks area itself. It's a squat, low building, clearly staffed by dwarves (mostly; short humans might manage too)
[2024/04/09 16:35] Alicia Frakture: Leesha looks around as best she can. and will stand outside the building.
[2024/04/09 16:35] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben visibly relaxes from her increasingly paranoid posture as they head to the Urbish company, pondering how she's going to approach this.
[2024/04/09 16:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana will likewise loiter with Leesha
[2024/04/09 16:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Turns out how you approach it is not so difficult. Inside the office are a few dwarves working on ledgers, one who seems to be in charge strides over. He seems to talk in nothing less than a shout. "Aye, what kin I do fer ye?"
[2024/04/09 16:38] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Hello," they answer back more quietly. "An alchemist in town suggested you as a source for blasting powder. In somewhat smaller amounts than needed for actual tunnel work."
[2024/04/09 16:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Blastin' powder? Whatchye blastin', friend?"
[2024/04/09 16:41] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ( hmmmm, I'm gonna need a cover story here.... )
[2024/04/09 16:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Or the real story...)
[2024/04/09 16:41] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me peeks around with great curiosity at all the interesting explosive items
[2024/04/09 16:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dina: There's only books, books, more books... and a few maps.
[2024/04/09 16:43] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): pouts and goes back to eating way too much honey
[2024/04/09 16:43] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Tree stumps, sometimes a busted door. The occasional goblin raid." She shrugs. "Also an artiface design I came across uses it for fuel."
[2024/04/09 16:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Aye? A design? Fuel?? What might that design be?"
[2024/04/09 16:47] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "A weapon, actually. Uses a small explosion to send a small spear into things. Haven't actually tested if it all holds together like it's supposed to, though."
[2024/04/09 16:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Och... that sounds like quite the thing! But ye don't want blastin' powder! Blastin' powder... blasts, aye? I think ye want rocket powder. That more... shoves."
[2024/04/09 16:49] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Different kinds of powder..." she muses, "What else do you use rocket powder for?"
[2024/04/09 16:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: The dwarf looks surprised. "Firin' rockets, of course!"
[2024/04/09 16:52] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ( Would debben have been aware they had rockets in this era? )
[2024/04/09 16:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Vaguely; fireworks have been known for a long time. The precise science of grain size and the size of what powder is best in what calibre of fire arm? Is a much less widely known topic, on a par with the exact nature of how magic spells work)
[2024/04/09 16:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: (You do -not- want to put the wrong powder in the wrong weapon...)
[2024/04/09 16:54] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( So this is going to be a complex weapon to maintain ))
[2024/04/09 16:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: (mm. Not -complex-... just... be careful as there are hazards. With Great Power comes Great Responsibility)
[2024/04/09 16:57] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I suppose I walked into that one, didn't I?" She adds. "I'm not entirely sure how much I need, there are some suggestions in the design, but... testing of course. A lot might depend on the metal involved."
[2024/04/09 16:58] Alicia Frakture: or in this case great powder does too*
[2024/04/09 16:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dwarf: "Aye... we do blastin' powder, but, we don't keep it -here-... too dangerous, and the mines are far away anyway. Hmm. Maybe ye need to see Mai Lins' Fireworks Shoppe, it's just off Filigree Street. She'll fix ye up a batch."
[2024/04/09 16:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Also, it goes both ways... you may think up ways to thwart an enemy, I'm sure...)
[2024/04/09 17:01] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( More than one way to fill a room full of obscuring mist ))
[2024/04/09 17:01] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Alright. I'll ask around, thanks for the advice."
[2024/04/09 17:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Or burst a gun barrel.)
[2024/04/09 17:04] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: (( yeah.... ((
[2024/04/09 17:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Off to Filigree Street, then?
[2024/04/09 17:05] Alicia Frakture: /me nods
[2024/04/09 17:05] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ye
[2024/04/09 17:05] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): yes
[2024/04/09 17:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leaving the office and making the way... this time, no need for a roll. You (Debben) don't get far before a ratty-looking guy in leather waves at you and beckons you over.
[2024/04/09 17:07] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ratty as in his clothing has a bunch of holes or ratty as in he has really large ears?
[2024/04/09 17:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: he looks dodgy, shifty... you just know him and honest work are strangers.
[2024/04/09 17:09] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Does he seem like he's gonna have backup near whereever he wants to lure us?
[2024/04/09 17:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say. He seems to want you to enter a tavern: "The Bargewright Inn".
[2024/04/09 17:11] Alicia Frakture: I follow Debbens lead on this
[2024/04/09 17:12] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Check it out?" she turns to check with Katana and Dhalia.
[2024/04/09 17:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana frowns. "I am not sure on this... yet I don't detect -much- evil..."
[2024/04/09 17:12] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): "yes, especially if it will help you"
[2024/04/09 17:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "More or less evil than any other dockside in?"
[2024/04/09 17:13] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Well, I dunno who this guy is." She slowly approaches, though
[2024/04/09 17:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "It is so hard to tell, especially in a city."
[2024/04/09 17:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy nods encouragingly,and backs into the inn, beckoning you to follow.
[2024/04/09 17:15] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "And you are?" she stops at the door, trying to get at least -some- info from him before just walking right into an ambush.
[2024/04/09 17:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Strange guy: "Come on in, have a drink, for old times sake - and old Frendz..." He backs into the tavern and disappears inside.
[2024/04/09 17:18] Alicia Frakture: What else do we see insidde the bar?
[2024/04/09 17:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: From outside? Not a lot. It's dark inside, smokey.. vague impression of some guys in there.
[2024/04/09 17:19] Alicia Frakture: Yeaahhhhh no
[2024/04/09 17:19] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Hmmmm, I'm not feeling it. Far more likely a trap than someone with something serious to say."
[2024/04/09 17:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... so... whatcha doing instead?
[2024/04/09 17:20] Alicia Frakture: Backing away slowly
[2024/04/09 17:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben? Dahlia?
[2024/04/09 17:21] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Yeah, getting back to the well lit parts of the street and advancing to the fireworks shop.
[2024/04/09 17:21] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): following :)
[2024/04/09 17:22] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: because that sounds like a much more exciting place to meet a would-be ambush
[2024/04/09 17:22] Alicia Frakture: Agreed, plus old friends? Leesha doesn't know this guy
[2024/04/09 17:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You become aware that there's a group of guys, likewise in rather more leather than is usual, surrounding you. There's not enough to actually bar your way, but, there's a lot more of them than you.
[2024/04/09 17:25] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Every time I come to this town, I find myself regretting my life choices...."
[2024/04/09 17:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Must be one of those things. Intentions?
[2024/04/09 17:27] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me "are all human places this dangerous?"
[2024/04/09 17:27] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to walk through the group of guys.
[2024/04/09 17:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: In fairness, they've not shown any danger, per se.
[2024/04/09 17:27] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Well, if they're not actually barring our way.... let's leave through their weakest point. "Yeah. Excuse me sir, coming through," she keeps close to Leesha, to add just that much more muscle to the escape.
[2024/04/09 17:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia?
[2024/04/09 17:28] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): follows staying very close
[2024/04/09 17:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... you try to barge past, and there's three close by who make a grab for Debben. They don't seem at all interested in anyone else.
[2024/04/09 17:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh my. Two grab hold of Debben. "Now, now, you're among Frendz here... we just want a drink and a natter for old times sake, right?"
[2024/04/09 17:30] Alicia Frakture: Leesha is going to make a grab for the one of the men."And we're going to have to pass on that drink."
[2024/04/09 17:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben, Dahlia?
[2024/04/09 17:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "I'm going to warn you once, unhand me this instant," she snarls, her hands already curling into casting gestures. Still one or two left in the tank....
[2024/04/09 17:31] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ( I don't recognize any of these guys, right?)
[2024/04/09 17:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: You don't, no, but they sure seem to recognize you!
[2024/04/09 17:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dahlia?
[2024/04/09 17:33] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): stays close waiting to fully react after she sees what here companions choose to do with the strange guys
[2024/04/09 17:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha, d20
[2024/04/09 17:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Miscreants! I'm warning you, unhand that dwarf!"
[2024/04/09 17:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha grabs at a guy but grabs air.
[2024/04/09 17:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: One of the guys: "Hellfire! Come quietly, and no one gets hurt!" Another guy: "There's more of us than there are of you!" And another guy: "We just want to talk!"
[2024/04/09 17:37] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Then talk in the public square like sane people!" She replies, getting ready to fire off one of her 'turn an arm into worms' illusions at the person who refuses to let go of her.
[2024/04/09 17:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you're going to cast a spell, d20 for initiative. Meanwhile, Leesha, Dahlia?
[2024/04/09 17:39] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): is going to summon a dust devil to follow heer while the talking is going on
[2024/04/09 17:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Leesha?
[2024/04/09 17:39] Alicia Frakture: Leeshas hand went past the guy?
[2024/04/09 17:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Ruffians lose initiative.)
[2024/04/09 17:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yep, you rolled a 2... definite miss
[2024/04/09 17:41] Alicia Frakture: Since the fist swung by she is gonna pull it back trying to elbow the guy in the face. Hoping to make him let go.
[2024/04/09 17:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... Debben casts her spell?
[2024/04/09 17:41] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: yeah!
[2024/04/09 17:42] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: with him so close it should be hard for him to resist it
[2024/04/09 17:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me reads the spell description...
[2024/04/09 17:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me eyes the d20 suspiciously
[2024/04/09 17:44] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: hmmmmmm
[2024/04/09 17:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's a save. The guy glares at Debben. "Oi! What the fuck! Just come quietly willya!"
[2024/04/09 17:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: The others close in, wary yet ready, so far no one has actually hurt anyone and they don't seem inclined to -start- anything.
[2024/04/09 17:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: "I'll say it again! You come quietly, and no one is getting hurt!"
[2024/04/09 17:45] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Ugh, usually that works! "If you have a real offer you can make it to my face."
[2024/04/09 17:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: An 11 is a better roll thatn a 2, but, not -quite- good enough...
[2024/04/09 17:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy who seems more in charge just gestures to the two holding Debben. "Can't you accept the hospitality of old Frendz, Debben?" The two start to drag Debben to the Bargewright Inn
[2024/04/09 17:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: And Dahlia has summoned a dust devil. Oh dear.
[2024/04/09 17:49] Alicia Frakture: /me missed twice so moves between Them and the door."Gonna try this one more time. She doesn't know you. So piss off."
[2024/04/09 17:49] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): yes bringing my baby elemental along just in case
[2024/04/09 17:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Debben?
[2024/04/09 17:50] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Trying to break the guys grip. Also what's Katana up to?
[2024/04/09 17:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well, no one is actually doing much more than trying to buy you a drink, it seems... so she's not going to start hacking anyone up just yet.
[2024/04/09 17:51] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: ???
[2024/04/09 17:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, the 10 is a miss... roll d20 again, strength check -2 penalty
[2024/04/09 17:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile the guy squaring off with Leesha: "And we don't know who YOU are, but this is the territory of the Frendz, so how about YOU piss off!"
[2024/04/09 17:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me sighs as you roll a nat 20... just when you need to roll low.
[2024/04/09 17:53] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "Don't talk about Leesha like that, she's had my back in more fights for our lives than you've probably been through!"
[2024/04/09 17:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: the dice hate you. Intensely. Meanwhile, they start to drag you back.
[2024/04/09 17:54] Alicia Frakture: I don't care if you know me. Debben does and while I am looking to reign in rage. Anyone threatens her.. I can make an exception.
[2024/04/09 17:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Round about now, is when the city guards start showing up. Katana wave them over quickly. The guy holding on to Debben (well, one of them) glares at Debben. "You screwed up! You made an enemy of the Frendz!" The others see the city guards and they all scatter.
[2024/04/09 17:55] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Are they still holding onto Debben?
[2024/04/09 17:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nope, let go and scarpered
[2024/04/09 17:56] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "What an annoying gang name," she comments as she dusts herself off, getting well clear of the tavern. "Second time in as many days."
[2024/04/09 17:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Guards come up the street and Katana talks to them, but, they seem quite disinterested.
[2024/04/09 17:57] Alicia Frakture: You okay Debben?
[2024/04/09 17:57] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me "are you both ok, the Frendz don't seem very friendly at all "
[2024/04/09 17:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "Aren't you going to do anything?" City Guard: "About what?"
[2024/04/09 17:59] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: Debben shrugs, not really having expected the guards to do much than stand around menacingly in this sort of situation. Ended too fast for them to have a natural target. "Not like anyone got hurt. Just some yelling at each other."
[2024/04/09 18:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: City Guard: "Yeah, no harm done." Katana: "...No harm done!?"
[2024/04/09 18:00] Alicia Frakture: Leesha shakes her head."Let's just hit the fireworks place. we can ask Fluffernutter if he heard of them when we get back to the house."
[2024/04/09 18:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: City Guard: "Docks are a rough area." Other guard: "Shoulda had that drink, mate."
[2024/04/09 18:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Katana: "....fucks sake..."
[2024/04/09 18:01] ɗίηα ωíƖɗę ღ (kitten.venus): /me follows them with her little elemental in tow
[2024/04/09 18:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: And on a slightly different cliffhanger than originally planned... we see what happens next, next time!
[2024/04/09 18:02] Alicia Frakture: Leesha looks at the other guard, narrowing her eyes before walking away.
[2024/04/09 18:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Guard: pays no attention.
[2024/04/09 18:03] MidnightMinion Cyberstar: "What do you think the odds were I wake up in the next port over after that drink?" She mulls.
[2024/04/09 18:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say...
[2024/04/09 18:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, 2am and I should be in bed :)
[2024/04/09 18:04] Alicia Frakture: /me huggles Mistress."Good cliffhanger.
[2024/04/09 18:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: see you tomorrow ;)
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